Palliative Care Funding Review

The Right Care and Support for Everyone

A new review into the funding of palliative care was announced on July 9 2010 by the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, in a speech to the International Carers Conference in Leeds.

The review, chaired by Tom Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care, will look at how Government can make sure that the money intended to help look after people who are approaching the end of life is spent in the right way.

This will better enable patients to choose how and from whom they receive their end of life care.

The review will make recommendations for a funding system that will cover care provided by the NHS, a hospice or any appropriate provider:

- which encourages more community-based care, so a patient can remain in their own home; and

- that will be fair and transparent to all organisations involved in palliative care.

The review will cover both adults’ and children’s services and will report back by summer 2011.

The following website is designed to give you some background to the review, and the reasons why it is taking place. Most importantly, it gives you the opportunity to contribute by sending your comments, opinions and evidence via the questionnaire.

Palliative Care Funding Review Website